Re: mozilla problems
Avery Pennarun writes:
> I like the /usr/bin/X11 directory myself, because I think of command-line
> tools and graphical applications as very different beasts.
That distinction made sense years ago, but I don't think it does now.
> Long ago, in Slackware, I used to be able to "ls /usr/bin" and sometimes
> find the command-line tool I was looking for.
Long ago, in Unix System III, I didn't need to "ls /usr/bin" to find the
command line tool I was looking for. I knew them all.
> I don't think those [/usr/X11 & friends] exist for any reason other than
> tradition. Changing it, however, would be a big PITA and make us
> incompatible with everyone else.
I don't advocate trying to get rid of /usr/X11R6, but I think we should try
to avoid putting anything new in there.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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